Kuala Lampur, June 19 -- For background, on May 9 this year, Malay Mail published a two-part article by P.K. Saxena titled "Indus Waters Treaty: Asymmetric obligations, unequal concessions and Pakistan's weaponisation".

The article tried to do more than criticise Pakistan. It sought to recast the Indus Waters Treaty as a historical injustice to India, to portray Pakistan's use of Treaty procedures as obstruction, and to defend India's decision to hold the Treaty in "abeyance" as a legitimate correction of an allegedly unequal bargain.

When such an argument enters the public domain, it carries institutional weight even when formally described as personal opinion. For that reason, the record should be corrected carefully, professionally a...